Jefferson Denti, Lou DiLorenzo, Erica Dodd, Rebecca Donelly, Liz Douglass, Laura Entwistle, Peter Fach, Michael Falkinder, Frank Farrall, Jochen Fauser, Bernhard Together, a world class system that delivers culturally safe eye care to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is within our reach.Mike Bechtel, Bill Briggs, Hiroki Akahoshi, James Allan, Beena Ammanath, Volker Barent, Yousef Barkawie, Dylan Best, Ian Blatchford, Osama Butt, Yasar Butt,įrancisco Calvao, Marlisio Campos, Joseph Cody, Allan Cook, Ken Corless, Lars Cromley, Ruchir Dalmia, Gianluca D’Antonio, Tim de Looijer, Jose Maria De Santiago, This blueprint for change recognises that improving eye health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is everybody’s business, and that the collective efforts of governments, communities,service providers and others are essential. sustain the focus on monitoring progress.embed eye care into community controlled and mainstream services,.

strengthen partnerships and local supports,.Strong eyes, strong communities: a five year plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health and vision charts a course to close the gap for vision and achieve a world class system of eye health and vision care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.īased on available evidence and shaped by the collective input of many individuals and organisations, Strong eyes, strong communities describes an integrated suite of activities that need to be progressed over the coming five years.

Across Australia, too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still experience avoidable vision loss and blindness, and those who have lost vision often find it difficult to access the support and services they need.įor example, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are three times as likely as non-Indigenous people to be blind or have low vision and on average, currently wait 63% longer for cataract surgery.

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